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BAR Technologies’ WindWings added to cargo ships can save 32 per cent energy, says a new report. The performance of BAR Technologies’ WindWings has been validated by DNV. In an interim report, DNV found that when sailing in favourable conditions the two WindWings installed on the MV Pyxis Ocean, a Kamsarmax bulk carrier under management […]
A controlled explosion has brought down the largest remaining collapsed span of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Officials confirm the detonation, overseen by US Army explosives experts on Monday (13 May 2024), went as planned. “It’s a lot like peeling back an onion,” General Scott Spellmon of the US Army Corps of Engineers […]
In 2021, Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) designer and builder, Sea-Kit International, was awarded the first ever Unmanned Marine Systems (UMS) certificate by Lloyd’s Register, representing a key milestone for the maritime industry. Certification is essential for the industry to provide a safety assurance framework. Since then, it says it’s received the most UMS certificates awarded […]
For the second time this year a ship has grounded at the mouth of Port of Silloth. The vessel, 89.88m cargo ship Bremen, under the flag of Cyprus, left Klaipeda in Lithuania on 2 May 2024. The incident occurred at 12:10 am on 8 May. Bremen, owned by the Baltic Shipping Company, is the second […]
Man-overboard technology is an area that’s attracting increasing attention in the marine industry, says MARSS. The company – which terms itself a ‘global technology innovator’ – is actively pursuing the creation of an automated man-overboard system designed with the cruise industry in mind, and it’s been working on the solution for 14 years. It says […]
The president of Italy’s northwest Liguria region and the former head of Genoa port have been arrested as part of an anti-corruption probe. The arrests, which happened on Tuesday (7 May 2024), are part of a sweeping investigation that is also targeting numerous officials for Mafia ties. Genoa prosecutors confirmed in a statement that Paolo […]
A man has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 for obstructing the work of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in the UK. A woman was also fined £2,000 for failing to provide the MCA with requested documents. On 3 March, 2022, Rhys Wonnacott, of Milford Haven, prevented MCA surveyors boarding the fishing vessel […]
British trade union RMT has condemned P&O head Peter Hebblethwaite’s performance in the Parliamentary Committee this week, where he admitted staff were paid under £5 an hour. The RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers), has 83,000 members from almost every sector of the transport industry, including maritime and offshore. P&O sacking scandal […]
Japanese engine maker IHI Corp. has admitted that a subsidiary has falsified fuel efficiency data for 4,215 marine engines, spanning 58 models. 2,621 have been shipped overseas. And 1,594 are in use in the Japanese domestic market. The company is firmly in the centre of a data scandal. Customers for the engines, in production since […]
Fishing crews are being encouraged to attend a course designed to save their lives at sea, after one man expressed his shock at ‘just how serious’ trawling can be when someone falls in the water. “The RNLI has been launching to the aid of fishing crews for 200 years,” says Frankie Horne, RNLI commercial fishing […]
The city of Baltimore has sued the operator and owner of the container ship Dali, which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, causing the four-lane bridge to collapse and killing six construction workers. Baltimore claims in a federal lawsuit that the ship had “an incompetent crew” and set sail despite receiving warnings, […]